"Karzai 12" refers to Afghanistan's newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, and a dozen rules set down by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, to try to keep Afghan civilian casualties to a minimum."
“New Obama Military Rules of Engagement:, Dont shoot back”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384383/posts
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT REVISITED
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346439/posts
OBAMAS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN COSTING OUR TROOPS LIVES
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335891/posts
THE RULES MURDERING OUR TROOPS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347085/posts
Then there is this:
No Rush to Escalate (war kills off great reform movements)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355050/posts
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http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/official_texts/Tactical_Directive_090706.pdf
...I recognize that the carefully controlled and disciplined employment of force entails risks to our troops...
...The Taliban cannot militarily defeat us - but we can defeat ourselves...
This is all that comes to my mind when I read that:
We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. Weve lost today, Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latters repeated demands for helicopters.
Were pinned down: 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335142/posts
If your going to keep them over there Obama&Co.. NOW, can we PLEASE have some Troop-centered and protecting ROEs! And give them the equipment and manpower they need to back them up!
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11-11-09
NUMBER OF WOUNDED TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN INCREASING
WASHINGTON Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those fighting in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.
Amputations, burns, brain injuries and shrapnel wounds proliferate in Afghanistan, due mostly to increasingly potent improvised bombs targeting U.S. forces. Snipers bullets and mortar rounds also are to blame...
They are killing our brave troops. Are these ROEs from McChrystal or from CIC ?